Yellow-brown Rustgill

Gymnopilus hybridus

On rotten coniferous and deciduous wood. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-6 cm across, convex, flattened when mature, sometimes with an umbo, ochre-yellow, reddish-yellow, fading to brownish. Young gills bright yellow, later yellowish-brown, notched. Stem 3–6x0.3–1 cm, of even thickness, yellowish-brown, with an inconspicuous ring-like remnant. Flesh yellowish, firm, thin, with a pleasant smell and bitter taste. Characteristic features: cap yellow-fibrous, stem with a ring-like remnant. Grows singly or a few fruiting bodies together. Inedible, uncommon.